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RC Daniel

In Reply to: RE: Content. posted by RC Daniel on July 15, 2008 at 17:22:16

Y'know, sometimes my openness to music is blocked by a mental or emotional filter that somehow whitens my receptiveness... nothing conscious but certainly present. I also think that 'grasping' for a certain outcome does not help; not solely in the usual sense of having pre-conceived expectations but also a desire and associated 'stress'...
Anyhoo, late last night with mental defences / filters lowered, I listened. And enjoyed. There are a few tracks I found somewhat gratuitous / indulgent and did not contribute to the album in a positive sense. So, I can appreciate and even like it, though do not find it the watershed that many folks seem to. Perhaps a few more listens are in order...
Cheers

Edits: 07/16/08

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Sorry about taking so long to comment here............ - Sordidman 14:51:23 07/25/08 (1)
I wanted to...

But honestly, I don't know what to say about your take here.

I think that it's a fine line sometimes between being too affected and precious and preening and pretentious and being bloody f$#King amazing.

So, I guess that with me: Sigur is the latter. What makes them the latter is that they sound like no one else with that bowed electric guitar builds. With that crazy, intense, and powerful drumming. With all of that spaciousness, that slowly brings instruments in, and really builds tension and drama... (a little like our JD discussion over in rock).
And of course, the nonsensical, haunting, vocals....

The best way that I can say it, and it's true with Joy Division too, is that Sigur Ros are other-worldly... they are so far outside, that they have an immediate and real appeal to me in a way that no other working band has.

If you think you're going to faint, go out in the hallway
- RE: Sorry about taking so long to comment here............ - Spiritualized 17:02:40 08/02/08 (0)
  Couldn't agree with you more if I tried, sordidman.

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